Climate change : observed impacts on planet Earth /: observed impacts on planet Earth. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Trevor M. Letcher.
• Other Names: Letcher, T. M (Trevor M.)
• Contents: Table of Contents; ; Foreword, Preface, List of Contributors; ; ; PART I. POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE; ; 1. The Role of Atmospheric Gases in Global Warming; 2. The Role of Widespread Surface Solar Radiation Trends in Climate Change: Dimming and Brightening; 3. The Role of Space Weather and Cosmic Ray Effects in Climate Change; 4. The Role of Volcanic Activity in Climate and Global Change; 5. The Role of Variations of the Earth’s Orbital Characteristics in Climate Change; ; PART II. A GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE; ; 6. A Geological History of Climate Change; ; PART III. INDICATORS OF CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE; ; 7. Changes in the Circulation of the Atmosphere as Indicators of Climate Change; 8. Weather Pattern Changes in the Tropics and Mid-Latitudes as an Indicator of Global Change; 9. Bird Ecology as an Indicator of Climate and Global Change; 10. Mammal Ecology as an Indicator of Climate Change; 11. Climate Change and Temporal and Spatial Mismatches in Insect Communities; 12. Sea Life (Pelagic and Planktonic Ecosystems) as an Indicator of Climate and Global Change; 13. Changes in Coral Reef Ecosystems as an Indicator of Climate and Global Change; 14. Changes in Marine Biodiversity as an Indicator of Climate Change; 15. Inter-tidal Indicators of Climate and Global Change; 16. Plant Ecology as an Indicator of Climate and Global Change; 17. The Impact of Climate and Global Change on Crop Production; 18. Rising Sea Level as an Indicator of Global Change; 19. Sea Temperature Change as an Indicator of Global Change; 20. Ocean Current Changes as an Indicator of Global Change; 21. Ocean Acidification as an Indicator of Global Change; 22. Ice Sheets: Instruments and Indicators of Global Change; 23. Lichens as an Indicator of Climate and Global Change; 24. Coastline Degradation as an Indicator of Global Change; 25. Plant Pathogens as Indicators of Climate Change
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Elsevier Science
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (492 pages)
• Subjects: 551.6; Climatic changes; Global environmental change
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080933030; 0080933033
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